On Church and Tradition An Eastern Orthodox View

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Book On Church and Tradition


An Eastern Orthodox View
Archpriest George Florovsky
1893-1979

Sub-Titles of Subject Matter

The function of tradition in the Ancient Church
The Authority of the Ancient Councils and the Tradition of the Fathers
Revelation, Philosophy and Theology
Creation and Creaturehood


The function of tradition
In the Ancient Church

Content: St. Vincent of Lerins and tradition
The hermeneutical question in the Ancient Church
. St. Irenaeus and the "Canon of Truth."The regula fidei
St. Athanasius and the "Scope of Faith."The purpose of exegesis and the "Rule of Worship."St. Basil and "Unwritten Tradition
"The Church as interpreter of Scripture
St. Augustine and catholic authority.

"Ego vero Evangelio non crederem, ni si me catholicae Ecclesiae commoveret auctoritas." [Indeed, I should not have believed the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church had not moved me]. St. Augustine, contra epist. Manichaei, I.1